Short course
LATAM Connect: Foundations in Business Spanish
This workshop will introduce participants to complexities of corporate events exploring key success factors for coordinating meeting and conferences, incentives, networking events, corporate hospitality, exhibitions and trade shows.
Overview
About this course.
LATAM Connect: Foundations in Business Spanish is a practical online programme for professionals with little or no prior Spanish. In evening sessions that fit around your work schedule, you will build the vocabulary, expressions and confidence to introduce yourself, present your company, arrange meetings and plan business travel in Spanish. You will also gain insight into the business culture of Latin American countries, so you can connect with partners in ways that go beyond words.
Next intake
Confirmed dates for every course are published on our upcoming intakes page. The Executive Education team will confirm the next intake for this one on enquiry.
Bringing a team? We also run this in-company.
Curriculum
What you will be able to do.
1. Communicate confidently in Spanish in common business situations, using business and industry-specific terminology.
2. Introduce themselves and their role, present a company profile, and propose and confirm business meetings with clients and colleagues.
3. Identify and apply the business cultural practices of Latin American countries.
Pre-requisites
What do you need.
Audience
Who it is for.
Faculty
Who teaches this.
Ms. Aleah Guitan
Specialisation: Business Spanish; Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language; Latin American Studies; Cross-Cultural Communication
Teaching Experience: Aleah Guitan is a young Trinidadian entrepreneur who has been facilitating Business Spanish to professionals at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business for the past nine (9) years. She has also taught English as a Second Language in Costa Rica. Aleah believes cross-cultural cooperation can bring great success and encourage innovation, hence her desire to diminish the cultural and language gap that exists between the English-speaking Caribbean and Central America.
Qualifications and/or Designations:
• BA in Spanish and Latin American Studies, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
• Master's in Latin American Studies (Culture and Development), Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
• Master's in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Details
Delivery and Fee.
| Structure | 24 hours over 12 sessions, 5:00p.m. to 7:00 p.m. |
|---|---|
| Delivery | Online via Zoom |
| Fee | TTD $2,000 or USD $295 per participant, inclusive of all training materials and a Certificate of Completion |
| Certification | Requires tuition paid in full and a minimum 75% attendance rate |
Fees and structure are those on the current course outline. Confirmed dates for every course are on our upcoming intakes page; the Executive Education team confirms the next intake on enquiry.
How we teach
Learning you can apply on Monday.
Our teaching approach incorporates syndicate learning, case studies, regular assessments and immersion in real-life industry projects. Assessment varies by course, combining assignments, tests and participation.
Register your interest.
Tell us about your role and we will confirm the next intake, fee and format.
(868) 299-0218 ext. 9100 · openenrolment@lokjackgsb.edu.tt